Nougat 20

Please receive today’s Holy Nougat

“And work for the peace and prosperity of the city where I sent you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, for its welfare will determine your welfare.”” ‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭29‬:‭7‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Have you ever considered yourselves as displaced persons? I admit, it is not a fun thought in one sense, but it’s true. For, when it comes to the final word; Heaven is our home. Thus, since we aren’t yet there, we’re actually temporarily displaced persons. We may not use the terminology refugees or exiles, but we are definitely displaced.

And that’s the sense that ought to govern us in this reflection. For the recipients of this message were stuck in Babylon and had no hope of returning for a loooong minute. Then God, their Adonai, gave the instructions that seemed so Unlike God: settle where you are and establish roots for this was a long haul.

Oh the disappointment

We have to gift of the backstory. We each have a sense of how God sustained the exiles. Daniel’s story is a good reminder. I wonder though, Why did God allow prayer for those heathens, and working to build up their economy? Why insist on prayer for Babylon’s prosperity? Could God have had a redemption plan for Babylon during the exile? Hmmn

If that’s the case, then we all have the similar assignment. Our mission, as displaced persons, is to work in the land that God has placed us. We must grow wherever we are planted. We must add the sweet aroma of the Spirit’s anointing to everything we do. While we wait to get home, our task includes prayer for the country/ies in which we live.

Let’s choose to speak life, believing that God Who gave the instruction to those yesteryear exiles, is still the God who is in control of our lives. For visible better or worse, more so for the invisible better awaiting us Home; we pray and work for peace on earth.

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May all we seek be found in Christ